Standard ErrorsQuality of life benefits: Access

Table 40. Standard errors for quality of life benefits: Access, State and localgovernment workers, National Compensation Survey, March 2012

Characteristics

Childcare1

Flexibleworkplace

Subsidizedcommuting

Wellnessprograms

Employeeassistanceprograms

All workers

1.3

1.0

1.0

1.7

1.4

Worker characteristics

Management, professional, and related

1.3

1.1

1.1

1.7

1.5

Professional and related

1.3

1.0

1.1

1.7

1.6

Teachers

1.3

0.8

0.9

2.0

1.7

Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers

1.1

0.3

0.8

1.9

1.7

Service

1.6

1.3

0.9

2.4

1.7

Protective service

1.8

1.2

1.5

2.8

2.5

Sales and office

1.8

1.3

1.8

2.5

2.6

Office and administrative support

1.9

1.3

1.9

2.4

2.5

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

2.9

1.0

1.8

3.8

2.8

Production, transportation, and material moving

1.3

–

2.3

4.3

5.5

Full time

1.4

1.2

1.1

1.7

1.5

Part time

1.5

0.6

1.4

2.8

2.7

Union

1.4

0.6

1.1

1.8

1.3

Nonunion

1.8

1.7

1.2

2.4

2.1

Average wage within the following categories:2

Lowest 25 percent

1.7

1.2

0.7

2.6

2.4

Lowest 10 percent

2.3

–

0.8

3.6

3.5

Second 25 percent

2.1

1.7

2.1

2.2

1.9

Third 25 percent

1.4

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.0

Highest 25 percent

1.1

0.8

0.9

1.7

1.4

Highest 10 percent

1.7

1.6

1.5

2.4

2.0

Establishment characteristics

Service-providing industries

1.3

1.0

1.0

1.7

1.4

Education and health services

1.7

1.3

1.6

1.9

1.9

Educational services

1.7

1.4

1.3

1.9

1.8

Elementary and secondary schools

1.0

0.3

0.4

1.8

1.7

Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

6.7

–

–

6.1

6.0

Healthcare and social assistance

2.6

–

3.9

3.9

3.7

Hospitals

3.9

–

–

3.1

2.8

Public administration

2.0

1.8

1.3

2.3

2.2

1 to 99 workers

1.7

1.3

1.2

3.0

4.6

1 to 49 workers

1.7

1.9

2.0

4.5

5.2

50 to 99 workers

–

0.9

–

5.8

5.8

100 workers or more

1.3

1.1

1.1

1.8

1.4

100 to 499 workers

1.3

0.7

1.3

3.2

2.7

500 workers or more

1.6

1.4

1.4

1.9

1.4

State government

4.2

–

3.8

4.2

3.5

Local government

0.6

0.3

0.5

1.5

1.5

Geographic areas

New England

–

–

1.8

6.7

2.2

Middle Atlantic

1.2

–

1.0

3.3

3.0

East North Central

0.9

0.7

2.1

3.1

2.4

West North Central

–

–

–

4.0

6.1

South Atlantic

2.6

–

1.0

4.0

2.1

East South Central

–

–

1.3

10.1

9.3

West South Central

1.4

0.5

1.0

5.4

3.9

Mountain

3.4

–

3.9

6.6

4.2

Pacific

2.9

0.9

2.2

3.1

2.6

1A workplace program that provides for either the full orpartial cost of caring for an employee's children in a nursery,day care center, or a baby sitter in facilities either on or off theemployer's premises.

NOTE: Dash indicates no workers in this category or data didnot meet publication criteria. For definitions of major plans, keyprovisions, and related terms, see the "Glossary of EmployeeBenefit Terms" at www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/glossary20112012.htm.

2The categories are based on the average wage for eachoccupation surveyed, which may include workers with earningsboth above and below the threshold. The average wages arebased on the estimates published in the "NationalCompensation Survey: Occupational Earnings in the UnitedStates, 2010." See Technical Note for more details.